Reuben Chapman

Reuben Chapman (15 July 1799-17 May 1882) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-AL 1) from 4 March 1835 to 3 March 1841 (succeeding Clement Comer Clay), from the at-large district from 4 March 1841 to 4 March 1843, and from AL-6 from 4 March 1843 to 3 March 1847 (preceding Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb), as well as Governor of Alabama from 16 December 1847 to 17 December 1849 (succeeding Joshua L. Martin and preceding Henry W. Collier).

Biography
Reuben Chapman was born in Bowling Green, Virginia in 1799, and he moved to Alabama in 1824 and established a law practice. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1835 to 1847 and as Governor from 1847 to 1849, and he died in Huntsville in 1882.